European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - February 28, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 6 a the stars and stripes Friday february 28,1992 a two employees at Massachusetts Yankee Rowe nuclear Plant which will be closed for Good leave work wednesday. Aged Yankee Rowe nuke Plant slated for closure dismantling Bolton mass. Apr the nations oldest commercial nuclear Power Plant in operation a target of safety protests because of its age will be closed Down and dismantled its owner said wednesday. The Board of directors of Yankee atomic electric co. Voted unanimously against restarting the 185-megawatt Yankee Rowe Plant. Although the Plant has been idled since october for inspections it had eight years left on its operating License and the Board had intended to restart the facility. Economic decisions not safety questions prompted the decision Board members insisted. A you can honestly say that we re a victim of this recession a said Plant spokesman William Mcgee. Officials cited a dwindling demand for electricity As Well As the expense of addressing concerns raised by the nuclear regulatory commission and others about the condition of the reactor vessel the massive steel Container housing the reactor. At Issue was whether the 33-foot-High, 8-Inch-thick steel vessel had grown Brittle and become More Likely new York api a a witness to the mob hit that prosecutors say lifted John Gotti to Power testified that e heard a Volley of gunfire then saw a Man stand Over the bodyguard of alleged mafia Boss Paul Castellano and pump three shots into him. The witness gave a graphic account wednesday of the slaying on a Manhattan Street in 1985 and identified a close associate of gottis As one of the gunmen. Gotti is being tried for murder loan sharking tax fraud and other charges and could be sentenced to life in prison. With dramatic gestures the witness Jeffrey Davidson said he had just left his office in a Midtown Public relations company and was walking along East 46th Street on the evening of dec. 16, 1985, when he came upon the murder scene. A i stepped off the curb Between two parked cars and i heard a Volley of gunfire shots a Davidson said a several pops kind of clustered together. A Well i stepped out in the Street looking to see what was going on a he testified in . District court in Brooklyn. Davidson stood in front of the jury Box and pointed to a Chart depicting the 46th Street Block Between second and third avenues. �?o1 looked up 46th Street because that a where i heard the shots. I saw a body in the Street next to a car with its Driver s Side door open a he said a it the body was tying Flat on its  a and then i saw a Man come from around the front of the car a Davidson continued adding that he saw the Man a stand Over the body in the  a then 1 saw this Man extend his Arm Over the body in to fail because it had been continually bombarded with Neutron radiation since the Plant began operation in 1963. The Utility voluntarily shut Down the Plant last october for additional inspection and testing. Mcgee said Plant officials had expected to spend $23 million on the Effort in the next six months. A the technical criteria we must meet and the path we must follow to restart the Plant Are not sufficiently defined to justify spending that amount of Money a Andrew c. Kadak the company a president and chief executive officer said in a statement. The Utility has spent at least $5 million to prepare for reactor tests Kadak said at a news conference. A a it a too expensive to find out what the condition of our vessel is a he said. A it is quite frustrating. We have had an extremely excellent  he said the Utility will spend More than $60 million to dismantle the Plant Over the next several years. About 137 tons of radioactive fuel will eventually be stored at a Federal site somewhere in the United states. The Street and saw his Arm recoil three times a the witness said As he extended his own right Arm pointing his forefinger and Cocking his thumb to simulate a gun firing. When the Arm recoiled he added he heard a the sound of  it was Clear from his account that the body on the Street was that of Thomas Bilotti Castellanos Driver who was killed along with Castellano. Davidson later found Castellanos body on the sidewalk on the other Side of the car. Davidson described the gunman and picked out his picture from photographs in evidence identifying him As John Carneglia a Gotti associate now serving a Long prison sentence for drug trafficking. By identifying Carneglia As one of the gunmen the prosecution Hopes to link Gotti to the Castellano murder a Central charge in the Case. The prosecution has presented tapes and testimony to show that shortly after the murder Gotti succeeded Castellano As the Boss of the Gambino crime family. Davidson testified that he had a Clear View of the gunman a profile when the gunman walked around the car after using three shots into the body on the Street. The gunman had a prominent nose and protruding lips the witness said adding that he wore a Long dark coat. A i got a very Good look at him Quot he told the jury. In responding to questions by Patrick Cotter a prosecutor Davidson said that As the gunman walked away he was joined by two other men also dressed in Long dark Coats. A they weren to running but they were walking quickly a he said adding that they disappeared into the crowd. The prosecution contends that three gunmen carried out the shooting.  . Bank investigated for drug ties from wire reports Charlotte . A Federal officials Are investigating whether drug Money laundering is behind the phenomenal growth in the Cash surplus at Charlottes Federal Reserve Bank. The Branch saw its surplus Cash skyrocket from $53 million in 1990 to $968 million in 1991. A a lot of it is legitimate Money a said Wolfgang Preisler of the drug enforcement administration. A but there certainly is some drug Money. We be seen a lot of High Cost purchases like shopping centers and Golf courses. Dea agents have visited North Carolina Mountain resorts to warn real estate businesses about possible Money laundering activities. The surplus at the fed Branch in Charlotte North Carolinas largest City ranks fifth in the nation. By comparison its 1988 surplus was $28  to be destroyed St. Paul Minn. A an appeals court panel says county officials can destroy 5,000 firearms turned in through a Cash for guns program. Tie Minnesota court of appeals panel refused tuesday to Grant a stay sought by two gun owners whose weapons had been stolen. They contended that the county should have first tried to match the purchased guns against a list of those reported missing. The program in Hennepin county surrounding Minneapolis has been suspended since feb. 4, when its initial $250,000 budget was exhausted after six Days. Officials have been working on details of a plan to resume it. Deputy county attorney Louis Smith said that about $50,000 has been raised from private and corporate sources since the funding ran  wins Appeal Ventura Calif. A an appeals court overturned a cartoonists conviction on child sexual abuse ruling that his a Chester the molester cartoons for Hustler Magazine should not have been used As evidence. Dwaine Beverly Tinsley 46, of Simi Valley was convicted in 1991 of molesting his teen age daughter and was sentenced to six years in prison. The cartoon he created depicts a lecherous character who is attracted to girls. According to evidence at the trial the cartoonist told co workers a you can to write this stuff All the time if you done to experience  to love letters Salem Ore. A a Man imprisoned after breaking into a neighbors House has been ordered to Stop sending love notes to the couples 11-year-old daughter saying he wants to marry her and run away. Robert Coker 24, says he has shown his love the Only Way he knows now. A what happened to Romance a Coker told Koin to on tuesday. Letters from Coker an inmate at the Oregon state correctional institution to the daughter of Chris and Debbie Peterson of Independence began arriving last summer. Coker lived across the Street from the Petersons for four years. He said he would stand at the window for hours and watch their Home and their daughter. Coker was arrested on a burglary charge for entering the Home while the family was on  killed in scuffle Elpaso Texas a a drug smuggling suspect tackled by a Border patrol agent was shot and killed in the scuffle when the agents Shotgun discharged the Fri said. The agent suffered a minor wound. Two agents on patrol said they tried to arrest five men smuggling marijuana across the Rio Grande on tuesday night said Fri special agent Richard Schwein. One Man tried to grab the agents Shotgun and it went off Schwein said. The four others escaped apparently across the River into Ciudad Juarez Mexico he said. Authorities said 200 pounds of marijuana a pistol and what appeared to be a sub machine gun were found at the scene. Witness in Gotti trial describes slaying